A site owner has been required to pay close to $2 million for the cost of removing half a million…[Read More]
$242,000 fine for chemical plant leak
Published: February 21, 2020
A manufacturing company has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to contribute $200,000 to…[Read More]
NSW Council enters into enforceable undertaking following sewage leak
Published: February 14, 2020
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has agreed to an Enforceable Undertaking with a Council, who will spend almost half…[Read More]
What is an ‘Enforceable Undertaking’?
Published: February 14, 2020
Enforceable undertakings are a voluntary and legally binding agreement between the EPA and the party alleged to have breached environmental…[Read More]
$29,000 fine for waste soil dumping
Published: February 7, 2020
An earthmoving contractor who dumped up to 5,400 tonnes of waste soil in a wetland has been convicted and fined…[Read More]
Landfill fined for inadequate waste cover
Published: December 6, 2019
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority has fined a landfill operator for failing to adequately cover waste at the site, aside…[Read More]
Facility fined $15,000 for particulate discharges
Published: December 6, 2019
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a bulk storage facility $15,000 for pollution offences.The annual return…[Read More]
Fine of over $50,000 for illegal asbestos dumping
Published: November 29, 2019
A truck driver who illegally dumped 3.6 tonnes of waste containing asbestos in a park in Sydney has been fined…[Read More]
Guilty verdict for companies over coal mine fire
Published: November 22, 2019
Four companies have been found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of three charges each under the Environment Protection Act…[Read More]
$55,500 fine for chemical discharge to waterway
Published: November 22, 2019
A company and its director have been fined a total of $55,500 for a discharge of waste water contaminated with…[Read More]
